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PHARMAC work in funding medicines for rare disorders progressing
16 July 2018 - PHARMAC is progressing work aimed at improving funded access to medicines for rare disorders. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jul 2018
Life-saving drug subsidies for thousands of patients battling rare cancers
15 July 2018 - When dietitian Nathalie Cook discovered she had a rare blood cancer almost a decade ago, the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2018
Getting it right: EPHA recommendations on how to improve the European Commission proposal on health technology assessment
11 July 2018 - The European Public Health Alliance welcomes the European Commission proposal for a regulation on health technology ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2018
New U.S. trade deal may bring higher drug prices to U.K.
13 July 2018 - UK will have less bargaining leverage once outside the EU. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2018
Royal Children’s Hospital takes action to give sick boy wonder drug access
13 July 2018 - Authorities are yet to determine who will pay for a groundbreaking drug for a young boy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2018
Public Summary Documents – March 2018 PBAC meeting
13 July 2018 - The Public Summary Documents (first time rejections and deferrals) from the March 2018 PBAC meeting are now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2018
NICE says no to Darzalex
12 July 2018 - NICE says no to myeloma ‘game changer’. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2018
Launch of new master’s degree in Evaluation of Health Care Interventions and Outcomes
12 July 2018 - A new master’s degree in health care decision making has been launched by London School of Economics ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2018
Cancer drug for children recommended after becoming cost effective for NHS patients
12 July 2018 - Around 60% of children with high-risk neuroblastoma could be treated with dinutuximab beta. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2018
Are health apps good for your health? Have your say.
12 July 2018 - The Consumers Health Forum today introduces an innovative online mechanism to gauge community trust in health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2018
New Zealand’s medicines waiting list: international disgrace for patient equity
12 July 2018 - The medicines waiting list grows to over 100 priority medicines that wait to be publicly funded ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2018
Cannabis medication for kids with epilepsy can cost 'up to $100k'
11 July 2018 - Parents of children with severe epilepsy say the cost of marijuana-based medications is a barrier to potentially ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2018
Challenges and methodologies in using progression free survival as a surrogate for overall survival in oncology
11 July 2018 - A primary outcome in oncology trials is overall survival. However, to estimate overall survival accurately requires ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2018
Defining innovation with respect to new medicines: a systematic review from a payer perspective
11 July 2018 - The aim of this study was to investigate how innovation is defined with respect to new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2018
Time to entry for new cancer medicines: from European Union wide marketing authorisation to patient access in Belgium, Estonia, Scotland, and Sweden
10 July 2018 - This study quantified the median time from European Union wide approval to first use for a ...